Water and like closet and article



A. G. OHADBOURNE.

WATER AND LIKE CLOSET AND ARTICLE. No. 461,734. Patented Oct. 20,1891.

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2 t r 0 /6 I i K A TTOHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNE GURLEY CHADBOURNE, OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS. I

WATER AND LIKE CLOSET AND ARTICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of. Letters Patent No. 461,734, dated October 20, 189i. Application filed March 13, 1891. Serial No. 384,14=. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNE GURLEY CHAD- BOURNE, of Roxbury, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in \Vater and other Like Closets or Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention, which is applicable to water-closets, coinmodes, and earth-closets, but which will here be described as applied to a water-closet, relates to the bowl and seat portions of such closets or articles, the seat portion, which is herein shown as a hinged one, being either a fixed or lift one, as desired.

The inventionv consists in anovel construction of both the bowl and seat in front, substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claims; and the object of the invention is not only to prevent contact of the body with the front portion of the seat and bowl, especially the front part of the seat, which under ordinary constructions is frequently in an unfit condition, especially in closets of public resort, including stores, offices, &c., for use exclusively by women, but to keep the closet or its seat clean without requiring constant care, and to exclude all escaping odors from the closet when the lid is closed. It also prevents any deposit from coming or remaining on the front of the seat and bowl, thereby insuring a clean dry exposure of said parts.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a watercloset embodying my invention, the seat of the closet being closed; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same upon the line 2 2, in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a view in perspective of the closet in part, showing the seat as partly raised to more fully display the construction of the front portions of the bowl and seat.

A indicates the box or body portion of a water-closet, B its bowl, which may be made of porcelain or earthenware, as usual, and 0 its wooden seat, which is here represented as a hinge or lift one.

D is the usual or any suitable upper lid. The main configuration of the bowl may be similar to that in general use, also the main configuration of the opening E in the seat be similar to that of the opening in other water-closet seats; but both parts are of special and peculiar construction in front. Thus the front part of the bowl on top is constructed to form a wide forwardly-extended portion 1) to the upper opening of the bowl, terminating'in a cross-lip or strip-like part c, forming the upper front marginal portion of the bowl, and which is raised or projectsabove the upper marginal portion generally of the bowl that is, above the portion thereof in rear of said lip or strip-like part. This special construction of the upper marginal portion of the bowl in front operates,in conjunction with the special construction of the seat 0 in front, to accomplish the ends for which the invention is designed.

The seat 0 has its openingE extended for a certain portion of its width in front, or in other words, the seat is cut away in front to form a forward extension Z), preferably of less width than the extended portion or passage b of the bowl 'over which it comes when the seat is closed, and said forward portion Z) of the seat extends clear through the forward end of the seat and terminates at its outer end in a crossing lateral extension b which is of a shape and size to closely secure the raised lip part c of the bowl within it when the seat is closed, thus practically making an air-tight joint between the seat and bowl, and excluding the escape of eftluvia through the opening in the seat when the lid D of the closet is closed, including the front crossing extension b of the opening I), the raised lid part c of the bowl virtually forming a closing end to the forward portion of the openingin the seat when the seat is closed, both when the lid D is open and when it is shut down. The marginal portion of the bowl at the upper opening thereof also serves to support the seat. By this construction, too, of the bowl and seat in front, both are protected from receiving or holding any objectionable drippings or moisture at said parts from the person on the seat, and the body is kept from contact with the front portion of the seat and bowl, and the seat is kept clean or free from objectionable deposits or moisture in front at all times without requiring constant or special care at the cost of time or labor to keep it so.

The removal of the portion of the wood from the front portion of the seat in nowise detracts from the comfort of the seat, as when the person is properly seated the legs or limbs are thrown apart more or less, neither does it lessen or interfere with the strength of the seat, inasmuch as the greatest weight of the body is thrown upon the seat from the thighs which rest upon the back part of the seat.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to'secure by Letters Patent- 1. In water and other like closets or articles, the combination, with the seat thereof having its main opening extended to form a cut-away portion or opening extending through the front partof the seat, of the bowl constructed to also form a front passage and to stop or close the forward part of the front cut-away portion or opening in the seat when the seat is closed, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination of the seat 0, having its opening E extended to form aforward extension or opening I), extending through the forward part thereof and terminating in a forward crossing extension 11 and the bowl B, also constructed to form afront extension or passage 1), and having a raised lip or striplike projection c, forming the front portion of its upper margin, adapted to be closely received within the crossing extension b of the cut-away portion or opening b of the seat;

and to form a closing end to the said opening Z), essentially as shown and described.

ANNE GURLEY CIIADBOURUE. \Vitnesses:

ALFRED L. MAURY, HENRY AUSTIN. 

